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2022 Louisiana Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Louisiana customer went without power for about 6.9 hours — the 14th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
6.9
Peak customers out
32,237
Rank (worst state)
14th
Counties affected
20

Louisiana outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2022 highlighted.

5.8h20156.8h20167.2h20175.1h201810.2h201972.6h202099.7h20216.9h202212.8h202315.8h20246.2h2025

Hardest-hit Louisiana counties in 2022

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Caddo Parish32,2372Jefferson Parish23,0433Lafourche Parish17,7004Tangipahoa Parish15,4885Orleans Parish14,7856Ascension Parish12,9517Ouachita Parish12,0888Bossier Parish11,9659Calcasieu Parish11,00810East Baton Rouge Parish10,58711Assumption Parish8,76912St. Landry Parish8,33713Sabine Parish7,98314St. Mary Parish7,34215Beauregard Parish7,15716Terrebonne Parish6,67917Iberia Parish6,65718St. Tammany Parish6,64219Vernon Parish6,05320Webster Parish5,655

Biggest Louisiana outages of 2022

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Caddo ParishApril 10, 202232,237
Jefferson ParishDecember 8, 202223,043
Jefferson ParishMay 3, 202219,908
Lafourche ParishOctober 16, 202217,700
Tangipahoa ParishDecember 22, 202215,488
Orleans ParishMay 29, 202214,785
Orleans ParishDecember 14, 202213,802
Ascension ParishSeptember 12, 202212,951
Ouachita ParishApril 11, 202212,088
Bossier ParishApril 13, 202211,965
Louisiana by year:20252024202320212020201920182017
Other states in 2022:MENCFLWVVTAK

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.